UNISOC SC9863A vs Intel Xeon Gold 6256

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UNISOC SC9863A CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
UNISOC SC9863A Intel Xeon Gold 6256

CPU comparison

UNISOC SC9863A or Intel Xeon Gold 6256 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The UNISOC SC9863A has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.20 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The UNISOC SC9863A was released in Q2/2019.

The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has 12 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 was released in Q1/2020.
UNISOC 4G (10) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
UNISOC 4G 28nm (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
0 Generation 2
-- Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The UNISOC SC9863A has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the UNISOC SC9863A is 1.20 GHz while the Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has 12 CPU cores and 24 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 6256 is at 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz).

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6256
8 Cores 12
8 Threads 24
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.20 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
A-Core 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz)
1.60 GHz
4x Cortex-A55
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6256
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The UNISOC SC9863A or Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

PowerVR GE8322 GPU no iGPU
0.55 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
20 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
1 Compute units --
-- Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR GE8322 GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The UNISOC SC9863A can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 140.7 GB/s.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6256
LPDDR4X, LPDDR4, LPDDR3 Memory DDR4-2933
Max. Memory 1024 GB
0 Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 140.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 33.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the UNISOC SC9863A is --, while the Intel Xeon Gold 6256 has a TDP of 205 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6256
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 205 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 76 °C

Technical details

The UNISOC SC9863A is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon Gold 6256 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 33.00 MB cache.

UNISOC SC9863A Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 6256
28 nm Technology 14 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
-- Socket LGA 3647
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2019 Release date Q1/2020
-- Release price 3900 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC SC9863A (12%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 0 CPU benchmarks
UNISOC SC9863A (0%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 (0%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
8C 8T @ 1.20 GHz
147 (12%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
12C 24T @ 4.50 GHz
1222 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
8C 8T @ 1.20 GHz
768 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz
0 (0%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
UNISOC SC9863A UNISOC SC9863A
PowerVR GE8322 @ 0.55 GHz
35 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 6256 Intel Xeon Gold 6256
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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